Bad Boy: A Memoir Glossary

Bad Boy: A Memoir Glossary

Day's work

Cleaning houses and getting paid by day

Screws

Prison guard

Spaldeen

A Spalding ball

Spelling able

Ability to buy things depending on financial debt

God's-gonna-get-ya stories

Cautionary tales from bible

Wait-and-see attitude

Patience

Gobs

Lots

Poor loser

Bad loser

Nunbers

Lottery

Truancy

Absenteeism

Skin-poping

Shooting heroine under skin instead of directly into the veins

Stick

Follow routine religiously

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